Declarations and Reservations
(Unless otherwise indicated, the declarations and reservations were made upon ratification, accession or succession.
For objections thereto and declarations recognizing the competence of the Human Rights Committee under article 41, see hereinafter.)

Oman

Reservations and Interpretative Declarations:

       Reservations and Interpretative Declarations on Certain Provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

       1.  The Sultanate of Oman enters a reservation to paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of Article (23) of the said Covenant, as they are inconsistent with the provisions of Islamic Sharia.

       2.  The Sultanate of Oman interprets Article (3) of the said Covenant in a manner consistent with Article (5) of the Basic Law of the State.

       3.  The Sultanate of Oman interprets Article (18) of the said Covenant in a manner consistent with Article (2) of the Basic Law of the State.

       4.  The Sultanate of Oman interprets Article (22) of the said Covenant in accordance with the laws in force concerning the establishment of trade unions for employees of the administrative apparatus of the State and other public legal persons.

       5.  The Sultanate of Oman interprets Article (27) of the said Covenant in a manner consistent with public order and public morals.
Notifications under Article 4 (3) of the Covenant (Derogations)
(Taking into account the important number of these declarations, and in order not to increase excessively the number of pages of the present publication, the text of the notifications has in some cases, exceptionally, been abridged. Unless otherwise indicated, when the notification concerns an extension, the said extension affects those articles of the Covenant originally derogated from, and was decided for the same reasons. The date on the right hand, above the notification, is the date of receipt.)